Research guide for parish histories
...rials CHRC has numerous images of churches, religious persons, events and places relating to the history of the Archdiocese. Although not comprehensive, researchers can view lists of miscellaneous religious images as well as church images that the Archives has in its collection. Researchers can contact CHRC staff for images that
Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital
...le of Gettysburg, they arrived by the thousands, swelling the hospital population to more than 6,000. During the Battle of Gettysburg which occurred during July 1863, the greatest number of wounded were admitted to the hospital in a single month. The following month of August saw the greatest number of
Digitizing the Halvey Photograph Collection, Step One
...tize the negatives to fulfill this prediction. Luciano Pavarotti and the late Cardinal Bevilacqua, 1989 The collection currently consists of 39 archival boxes filled with envelopes of negatives. The various types of negatives in the collection demonstrate how the photographic process evolved throughout Halvey’s career. With the exception of
Black Catholic periodicals
...gh it lasted less than a year, The Journal spoke to Philadelphia’s growing number of Black Catholics. It appears that PAHRC is the only institution that has this publication. PAHRC also has a single issue of The Catholic Herald (February 18, 1905) which was published in Washington D.C. I have